Groundfish Fisheries of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Area and the Gulf of Alaska

Résumé

NMFS announces its intent to revise the Alaska Groundfish Fisheries draft Programmatic SEIS. After reviewing more than 21,000 comment letters received on the draft Programmatic SEIS, NMFS has determined that revisions to the draft Programmatic SEIS are appropriate and necessary. NMFS has also determined that these revisions will require the release of a revised draft Programmatic SEIS. Based on these decisions, NMFS announces a new date for the completion of the Programmatic SEIS and issuance of the Record of Decision based thereon.